diff --git a/vtk-fix-file-contains-date-time.patch b/vtk-fix-file-contains-date-time.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 773462e..0000000
--- a/vtk-fix-file-contains-date-time.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: VTK8.2.0/ThirdParty/netcdf/vtknetcdf/libdispatch/error.c
-===================================================================
---- VTK8.2.0.orig/ThirdParty/netcdf/vtknetcdf/libdispatch/derror.c
-+++ VTK8.2.0/ThirdParty/netcdf/vtknetcdf/libdispatch/derror.c
-@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
- #endif
- 
- /* Tell the user the version of netCDF. */
--static const char nc_libvers[] = PACKAGE_VERSION " of "__DATE__" "__TIME__" $";
-+static const char nc_libvers[] = PACKAGE_VERSION;
- 
- /**
- \defgroup lib_version Library Version